Editorial policy

Current edition: 13 October 2026. This policy explains how Kilter Hub maintains an independent, useful, and transparent editorial voice.

It applies to articles, interviews, guides, images, corrections, updates, and editorial messages. The policy is intended to make decisions understandable without exposing private contributor correspondence. Commercial material is governed by the separate advertising and partnership policy.

1. Mission

We publish calm, accessible information about restorative movement and men’s wellbeing without sensational promises.

Topics are selected for public relevance, practical clarity, and a reasonable connection to the site’s scope. We avoid language that pressures a reader or presents an uncertain statement as settled fact. Editorial framing distinguishes general information from personal experience. The mission does not prevent us from publishing a correction, limitation, or disagreement when it improves understanding.

2. Commissioning

Editors define a reader question, identify appropriate contributors, and agree on scope before drafting.

A brief normally records the intended audience, format, source plan, publication date, and any foreseeable conflict. Contributors receive enough context to understand what the article is and is not trying to establish. Editors may narrow or pause a commission if the available material cannot support a clear and responsible explanation. Commissioning does not guarantee publication or a particular conclusion.

3. Sources

Writers use attributable sources and distinguish research, interview, observation, and editorial interpretation.

Source notes should preserve the title, author or organisation, publication date, and link or reference needed for later checking. A personal interview is identified as an interview rather than presented as independent research. When a source is unavailable to readers, editors seek a second route to verify important factual statements. Source material is retained with the working record for at least 24 months after publication where practicable.

4. Review

Articles receive an editorial review for clarity, scope, tone, and unsupported certainty before publication.

Reviewers check that headings match the body, examples are framed accurately, dates are current, and links lead to the described material. They also consider whether imagery, captions, and alternative text support the article without suggesting an unsupported conclusion. A review is proportionate to the format and does not mean that every statement has been independently reproduced. Significant updates may receive a fresh review rather than silently changing the original context.

5. Corrections

Material errors are corrected promptly with a dated note. Readers may report an error by phone or post.

Minor spelling or formatting changes may be made without a correction note when meaning is unaffected. A factual error that changes a reader’s understanding is logged, corrected in the article, and identified with the date of change. Reports should include the page title, exact wording, and reliable supporting information. We aim to acknowledge a report within 10 business days and assess a substantive correction within 30 days.

6. Conflicts

Contributors disclose relevant financial or professional relationships. Editors may reassign or add a disclosure.

Relevant relationships can include paid consulting, ownership, sponsorship, employment, or a close personal connection to a subject. Disclosure is assessed for relevance rather than treated as proof of improper conduct. An editor may add context, use another contributor, or decline a commission when independence cannot be explained clearly. Conflict records are restricted to people involved in the editorial decision.

7. Commercial material

Sponsored or advertising content is clearly labelled and kept separate from independent reporting.

Labels appear near the material and use familiar terms such as Advertisement, Sponsored, or Partner message. A commercial partner cannot require a favourable conclusion, suppress a correction, or approve an independent headline. Contact details supplied by readers are not shared with partners simply because a placement appears on the site. Commercial relationships are reviewed at least annually and when the subject or claims change.

8. Images

Images are selected for relevance, dignity, and accurate descriptions. We do not use imagery that makes unsupported claims.

Editors consider the source, permission, context, crop, caption, and alternative text before publication. Images should not imply that a person has endorsed a statement when that is not documented. Generated or illustrative imagery is identified appropriately when its nature could affect interpretation. A concern about an image can be sent with its page address and the reason for the concern.

9. Personal stories

Interviewees give informed permission and may clarify factual details. A personal account is not presented as universal evidence.

Consent covers the intended format, name treatment, image use, and expected publication context. Interviewees may correct factual details but do not receive control over independent conclusions. Sensitive details are limited to what serves the reader question, and a request to remove information is assessed with care. Personal stories are retained only as long as needed for editorial accountability and the privacy notice describes contact records.

10. Updates

Pages show dates and may be revised as understanding or context changes. The current policy was reviewed 13 October 2026.

The 13 October 2026 review clarified source records, correction timing, image selection, conflict handling, and commercial separation. Future material revisions will show a new date and a short change summary. Archived wording may be retained internally to explain a correction or editorial decision, but personal contact details are not published in a change log.